Alper şen                         

Contact Information

                        Alper şen
                        Assistant Professor
                        Department of Industrial Engineering
                        Bilkent University
                        Bilkent, Ankara 06800 Turkey
                        +90 312 290 1539
                       myfirstnamemylastname@bilkent.edu.tr

Courses 

                       IE 461 Supply Chain Management (Fall 2004-2005)
                       IE 571 Analytical Models for Supply Chain Management (Spring 2003-2004)
                       IE 375 Production Planning (Fall 2003-2004, Fall 2004-2005, Fall 2005-2006, Fall 2006-2007)
                       IE 376 Production Information Systems (Spring 2004-2005, Spring 2005-2006)
                       IE 572 Production Planning Systems Design (Spring 2002-2003)
                       IE 471 Production and Distribution Systems Planning (Fall 2002-2003)

Research

                       Published and Accepted Articles
                       M. M. Tanrıkulu, A. Şen, O. Alp. A joint replenishment policy with individual control and constant size orders.
                             International Journal of Production Research, to appear.
                       Ü. Gürler, S. Öztop, A. Şen. Optimal bundle formation and pricing of two products with limited stock.
                             International Journal of Production Economics, 118 (2), 442-462, 2009.
                       A. Şen, A. X. Zhang.  Style goods pricing with demand learning.
                            European Journal of Operational Research, 196 (3), 1058-1075, 2009.
                       Z. Bulut, Ü. Gürler, A. Şen. Bundle pricing of inventories with stochastic demand. An extended version here.
                           European Journal of Operational Research, 197 (3), 897-911, 2009. 
                       A. Şen. The U.S. fashion industry: a supply chain review.
                            International Journal of Production Economics, 114 (2), 571-593, 2008.
                       H. Yaman, A. Şen. Manufacturer's mixed pallet design problem.
                           European Journal of Operational Research, 186 (2), 826-840, 2008. 
                       Y. L. Koçağa, A. Şen. Spare parts inventory management with delivery lead times and rationing.
                           IIE Transactions, 39 (9), 879-898, 2007.
                       A. Şen, A. X. Zhang. Newsboy problem with multiple demand classes.
                           IIE Transactions, 31 (5), 431-44, 1999.
                       A. Şen, Ö.S. Benli. Lot streaming in open shops.
                          Operations Research Letters, 23 (3-5), 135-142,1998.
                       A. Şen, E. Topaloğlu, Ö.S. Benli. Optimal streaming of a single job in a two-stage flow shop.
                          European Journal of Operational Research, 110(1), 42-62, 1998.

                       Submitted Manuscripts
                       A. Şen, A. X. Zhang. Style goods pricing with competition. 2003. 
                       E. Körpeoğlu, A. Şen. A competitive game for joint replenishment. 2008

                       Ongoing Research
                       Auctioning procurement contracts with flexible volumes. With K. Güler and E. Körpeoğlu.
                             (Funded by a research grant from Hewlett Packard Company)
                       Service contracts for consignments. With Ç. Latifoğlu.

                       Thesis Supervised
                       Y. L. Koçağa. Spare parts inventory management with delivery lead times and rationing. M.S. Thesis. May 2004.
                       Z. Bulut. Bundle pricing of inventories with stochastic demand. M.S. Thesis. September 2004. (Co-advised with Ü. Gürler)
                       S. Öztop. Optimal bundle formation and pricing of two products with limited stock. M.S. Thesis. September 2005. 
                               (Co-advised with Ü. Gürler)
                       Ç. Latifoğlu. Analysis of consignment contracts for spare parts inventory systems. M.S. Thesis. August 2006.
                       M. M. Tanrıkulu. Joint replenishment problem with truck cost structures. M.S. Thesis. December 2006.
                           (Co-advised with O. Alp)
                       N. Ahat. Multi-period inventory models with price protection. M.S. Thesis. July 2007. (Co-advised with O. Alp)

Education

                       Ph.D., Business Administration, University of Southern California, 2000
                       M.S., Industrial Engineering, Bilkent University, 1995
                       B.S., Industrial Engineering, Bilkent University, 1993                   

Academic and Industrial Experience

                       Consultant, Applied Materials (Santa Clara, California, USA), 2006-2007
                       Visiting Researcher, Hewlett Packard Laboratories (Palo Alto, California, USA), 2005
                       Assistant Professor, Bilkent University, 2002-
                       Senior Consultant, SCM, i2 Technologies, High Tech Industry Business Unit, 1999-2002
                       Research Assistant, University of Southern California, 1995-1999
                       Research Assistant, Bilkent University, 1993-1995

Awards and Recognition
                       Recipient of Hewlett Packard Laboratories Innovation Research Award 2008.
                      2007 IIE Transactions paper highlighted in the research section of Industrial Engineer magazine. See the section here.

Other

                       Küresel Rekabet için Tedarik Zinciri Entegrasyonu ve Lojistik, presentation (in Turkish)
                             at Textile and Apparel Logistics Conference, September 11, 2007, İstanbul
                       Department of Industrial Engineering, Fall 2005-2006 seminar series
                       Bilkent University Graduates Workshop, July 11-12, 2003